1. What is Leadership? That is a hard question as it means something different to everyone. Leadership can be defined as the process of influencing organizational members to use their energies willingly and appropriately to facilitate the achievement of the organizations goals and visions to accomplish the mission. Various leadership values and traits, both good and bad, have influenced me over the years which I would attempt to emulate or avoid. I think I was defiantly exposed to more autocratic style leaders which influenced me to avoid this style.
2. Additionally, leadership traits are just as subjective and varies. Some common traits are; integrity, loyalty, decisiveness, experienced, dependable, knowledgeable, and forward looking. They all are goal directed and try to mold members of the organization’s behavior to meet the goals and objectives. Leaders are given the authority by the organization to the …show more content…
Finally I think I have practiced many styles of leadership over the years I am currently trying to practice servant leadership as described in Robert Greenleaf 's book The Servant as Leader. He sates Servant-Leadership is a philosophy that relies upon: principle-centeredness, working through people, giving direction and support that serves to help people. It is an empowered choice that any individual can adopt who seeks to serve and lead for in their personal life. Additionally he notes, an organization is comprised of many individuals who make the choice to work in collaboration to achieve the mission of the agency, or make a choice not to do so. If all, or at least the majority of individuals choose to work harmoniously, then the systemic affect of these individual choices crafts a stronger organization. The two main points to remember for me is Whom do we serve? and For what purpose do we serve? While developing social capital and trust, Servant-Leaders must embrace their individual responsibility and role for keeping the organization on
2. Additionally, leadership traits are just as subjective and varies. Some common traits are; integrity, loyalty, decisiveness, experienced, dependable, knowledgeable, and forward looking. They all are goal directed and try to mold members of the organization’s behavior to meet the goals and objectives. Leaders are given the authority by the organization to the …show more content…
Finally I think I have practiced many styles of leadership over the years I am currently trying to practice servant leadership as described in Robert Greenleaf 's book The Servant as Leader. He sates Servant-Leadership is a philosophy that relies upon: principle-centeredness, working through people, giving direction and support that serves to help people. It is an empowered choice that any individual can adopt who seeks to serve and lead for in their personal life. Additionally he notes, an organization is comprised of many individuals who make the choice to work in collaboration to achieve the mission of the agency, or make a choice not to do so. If all, or at least the majority of individuals choose to work harmoniously, then the systemic affect of these individual choices crafts a stronger organization. The two main points to remember for me is Whom do we serve? and For what purpose do we serve? While developing social capital and trust, Servant-Leaders must embrace their individual responsibility and role for keeping the organization on